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NEO-KTIE 0R GRAVAT HOLDER.

Patented June 5,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS 1. BURTON, OF'NEVV "YOBIK, Y.

NIECK'TIE OR CRAVAT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,871, dated June 5, 1883,- Application filed February 26,1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUsTUs IMBRIE BUR- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Necktie or Cravat Retainer, of which the folpendently of each other and in a manner that will appear below.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents the contrivance as cut out by the die. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation after it has been bent into the shape it is destined to have.

I Fig. 3 shows it when completed, as seen from behind. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent the three stages in the process of fastening it to the collar, and Fig. '7 shows a section on the line Z Y;

In the following description similar letters refer to similar parts.

The contrivance consists, essentially, of two limbs, A and O, a body, B, two prongs, X X,v an elevation, E, and an aperture, D.

Referring to Fig. 1, A represents that part which, when the whole is bent up as in Fig. 2, forms one of the limbs. B represents that part which is the body, and D shows the aperture entirely piercing the body B, and

, standing opposite the elevation E when bent up as in Fig. 2. X X are the prongs cut from' into'the inner lining of the band of the tie from above downward, entering the material above and coming out on the inside a short distance below. The contrivance is thus fastened to the band very firmly; but there, how-. ever, exists a possibility of the pin working out, which I prevent by furnishing the re-. tainer with the two prongs X X. These extend as far back as is shown in Fig. 2, and

have a direction backward and upward, so

that they offer no obstruction to the entrance of the pin into the fabric, but catch when a movement takes place in the contrary direction. The pin can, however, be withdrawn when the wearer desires, since the prongs are situated at a distance either side of C, as shown in Fig. 3. The material has only to be bent backward when the prongs are freed, and the.

pin may be easily withdrawn. Two of the retainers are in the above manner fastened to that part of the neck-wear that encircles the neck. The retainers should be so located that when the neck-wear is adjusted to the neck one of them will fall about two inches to one side of the collar-button, and the other a corresponding distance to the other side. The neck-wear, the collar being upon the neck, is nextadjusted. The position either of the retainers will now have with regard to the collar is shown in Fig. 4. K represents a crosssection of the collar on a line corresponding to the middle of the retainer. The retainer appears in elevation, and is attached to the inner side of the band, although not shown. \Vith the thumb the retainer is pushed down until the collar slips into the position indi- It is then pushed up, the coloperates upon the collar to prevent the lateral slipping of the retainer, and with it the neck-wear.

It is essential that A be considerably shorter than B, and C extend no farther down than the curve which unites A and B. The reminer is to be made of some metal of eonsidhaving the projection, E, all from a single emble elasticity. piece of metal, substantially as shown and de- XVhat I claim is scribed. As an improved manufacture, a necktie AUGUSTUS IMBRIE BURTOX. 5 and cravat retainer consisting of the body B, \Vitnesses: provided with the attaching-prongs X X and l R. B. BURTON,

the aperture D, the pin 0, and the limb A,

M. E. DIsBRoW. 

